Market Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Market cross. 1 related planning application.
Market Cross
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-plinth-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Market cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Place, Barrow Upon Humber
- OS grid reference
- TA 070 210
- Coordinates
- 53.6753, -0.38057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Cross in Barrow Upon Humber is a medieval structure located in the market place. It is made of limestone ashlar and has a square plan. The cross features a weathered stump of a cross-shaft that sits on a square-section base, which is supported by a two-course plinth. The cross stands at an overall height of approximately 2.5 metres and is surrounded by a 20th-century concrete surround.
Local climate
Market Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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